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So no direct mention of the CO2 sequestration (deep saline aquifer) aspect of the Gorgon project then? It was (and maybe still is) supposed to be the largest CO2 sequestration project in the world.

Admittedly, it will sequester an almost insignificant proportion of the CO2 associated with actually burning the fuel, but some relatively noticeable percentage associated with producing and processing it.

No doubt someone will start blaming the Liberals for all this (and no, they aren't innocent), but they should be aware that the Howard government made the CO2 sequestration aspect a condition of the Gorgon project approval, sure, it was a token gesture perhaps, but at least it was done. They also provided the funding to do the exploratory drilling and testing required to establish CCS feasibility in the Barrow Island area.

What did various state and federal Labor governments do in this regard, particularly with CSG in NSW and QLD? It's an environmental and Health and Safety disaster waiting to happen. Santos has already experienced 1 death on a Saxon drilling rig... what next?

The worlds-first floating LNG technology being developed for Prelude is one reason why the James Price Point development has not continued - which I, for one, am very happy about. FLNG is a functional technology, and I for one, would rather have a few 500m long ships floating somewhere over the horizon than a gas processing plant built onshore.

What about Exxon in Papua New Guinea? They have spent the equivalent of 25% of PNGs GDP building gas processing trains, largely using FIFO labour. What about ConocoPhillips with their staggeringly large Bayu Undan field in the Timor sea, which has been producing gas for years now? What about the Sunrise project which was supposed to help build East Timor's economy? Is this a bad thing for East Timor? (assuming it ever gets out of court, anyway)

The problem is, once you start asking questions and raising (mostly valid) concerns over new projects, you pretty much have to look at, and mention the existing ones too, and you have to start looking at what is happening elsewhere in the world.